Developments in urban environmental information perception and communication

Proc. iEMSs 4th Biennial Meeting - Int. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software: Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, iEMSs 2008

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1645-1652

  Karatzas, K D ^a   Lee, J ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Environmental information; Ontologies; Perception; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DOMAINS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HUMAN LIVES; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN AIR QUALITY; URBAN STRUCTURE;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; ONTOLOGY; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84863355587     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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